Alpha Tales Teaching Guide (Grades PreK-1) [Paperback]

Maria Fleming (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0439165237 | ISBN-13: 978-0439165235 | Publication Date: February 1, 2001 | Edition: Tch

Lessons, ABC Activities, & reproducible Mini-Book Versions of All 26 Storybooks
Build Phonemic Awareness! Teach the ABCs!
Teaching the alphabet is fun with the AlphaTales series and this great teacher¹s guide filled with easy lessons, awesome activities, and reproducible versions of all 26 alliterative storybooks! A playful way to build phonemic awareness and make sure kids really know their ABCs!

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Prof Book Div; Tch edition (February 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439165237
• ISBN-13: 978-0439165235
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #237,345 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great, June 6, 2010

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My kids love these stories and their parents love building their at home library too.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great tool for teaching!, October 28, 2007

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R. Swinburne "Yama Daiku" (Kanaya, Japan) - See all my reviews
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I teach English in Japan and this prodoct has been a big hit with my young students. I highly recommend this series.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great teaching aid, January 12, 2011

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HomeSchoolingMomma2three "CC" (New England, United States) - See all my reviews

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I'm thrilled that I decided to go ahead and get these regardless of some other reviews. The AlphaTales series, is just that, it's a series that is all designed to work together and build upon the original stories. These mini-books go along with the stories and give the kids a book of their own that they can color in or write in. The activity suggestions are included at the end of the story books. I haven't received my big book,The Big Book of AlphaTales: 26 Irresistible Stories That Build Phonemic Awareness & Teach Each Letter of the Alphabet so I cannot comment on that yet, but it states that fact in this teaching guide. I do recommend that you tone down your printer to save on ink and this will also make it easier for the kids to color. The stories are fantastic and you could use thes alone without purchasing the big book or individual story books. I chose to do the big book because it has all the stories in one location (so I wouldn't have to worry about losing them), and so the kids could go back and read the stories again after their mini-books are gunked up. I use one mini-book a week and we do several activities with them. First is the initial reading, then we all read together and follow along in our own books. We color pictures, underline each word in the sentence, count words, count sentences, count syllables, make word cards to create our vocabulary lists, and discuss how we could add to or change the story. I also take each page of the mini-books and resize the pictures and sentences to use in our wall charts. The kids have to then match the sentence with the picture. Just a few ideas of activities you can do to build on these mini-books and I'm sure there are more out there. These are working fantastic for our homeschooling family (2-4 year olds and a 5 year old). I will be purchasing more items in the AlphaTales family because I like the idea of the kids having familiarity. Number Tales: Teaching Guide, AlphaTales: A to Z Letter Formation Practice Pages: Fun-filled Reproducible Practice Pages That Help Young Learners Recognize and Print Every Letter of the Alphabet, and Word Family Tales Teaching Guide have already been ordered and I'm sure that I will not be disappointed. (The rest are still in my wishlist. ;) ) I have not decided yet if I will order the readers for these because what I have been doing so far is working well and I can make that assessment better after I read the teaching guides.